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St.  Viator  College 

BULLETIN  NO.  2 

Winter  Course  in 
Agriculture 


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NOVEMBER  29,  1915  TO  APRIL  19,  1916 
Instructors 

ANDREW  E.  ANDERSON,  B.  S.,  - - - Agriculture 

CHARLES  A.  ROACH,  B.  S.,  - Agricultural  Chemi^ry 

CLARENCE  J.  KENNEDY,  M.  S.,  - Agricultural  Botany 

RICHARD  J.  FRENCH,  A.  B.,  - - - Bookkeeping 

KANKAKEE,  ILLINOIS 
Po^  Office — Bourbonnais,  Illinois 


St.  Viator  College,  Bourbonnais,  Illinois 

To  meet  the  need  of  those  who  cannot  attend  the  regular 
sessions  of  its  Agricultural  School,  St.  Viator  College  offers  a 
Winter  Course,  beginning  Monday,  November  29th,  1915,  and 
ending  Wednesday,  April  19th,  1916.  All  boys  and  young  men 
who  have  had  an  eighth  grade  education  or  its  equivalent  are 
eligible  for  this  course. 

An  experimental  field  is  maintained  upon  which  the  prin- 
ciples studied  in  the  class  rooms  are  demonstrated.  Here  the 
student  also  studies  the  growth,  adaptation,  and  relative  value  of 
various  types  or  varieties  of  the  grasses,  clovers,  alfalfa,  and 
other  legumes,  millets,  sorghums,  rape,  wheat,  corn,  oats,  rye, 
barley  and  miscellaneous  crops. 

AGRICULTURE. 

Farm  Soils — A general  elementary  course  in  the  study  of 
soils  equivalent  to  a half  year  in  the  regular  course.  It  consists 
of  lectures,  text  book  and  reference  readings,  and  laboratory 
practice  covering  the  following  topics : Origin,  formation,  class- 
ifications, chemical  and  physical  properties  of  surface  soils  and 
sub-soils,  organic  matter,  humus,  nitrogen,  and  inorganic  con- 
stituents and  their  immediate  influence  on  economic  crop  pro- 
duction. Soil  water — Forms,  functions,  crop  requirements, 
availability,  control  and  drainage.  Soil  air — Soil  temperature. 
Microorganisms — Functions,  distribution,  condition  for  develop- 
ment, nitrification.  Tillage-— Implements,  methods,  kinds,  func- 
tions, areas  and  types  of  Illinois  soils,  farm  manures,  green  ma- 
nures, and  crop  residue.  Crop  rotation,  commercial  fertilizers, 
and  Illinois  soil  problems. 

Three  recitations  and  two  laboratory  periods  per  week. 

Field  Crops — An  elementary  course  covering  a half  year  of 
work  on  the  following  topics : 

Classification  of  plants  and  crops. 

A detailed  study  of  corn,  wheat,  grasses  and  legumes,  em- 
phasizing alfalfa.  Points  developed  include  history,  structure, 
.^physiology,  seed  selection,  and  storage,  methods  of  planting  and 
tillage^Trop  enemies  and  their  extermination. 

Examining,  identifying,  grading  and  testing  of  seeds,  use  of 
score  cards,  germination  tests,  methods  of  home  breeding  plats 
and  breeding  for  improvement,  crop  rotation  and  yields. 

Three  recitations  and  two  laboratory  periods  per  week. 


Animal  Husbandry — Types  and  breed  of  farm  animals,  his- 
tory and  development  of  important  breeds,  judging  the  various 
t>pes  and  breeds  of  horses,  cattle,  sheep,  swine  and  poultry. 

Housing,  care  and  handling  of  stock.  Principles  of  feeding 
and  the  balanced  ration.  Heredity,  selection  and  pedigrees. 

Lectures  and  recitation  five  periods  per  week. 

Stock  judging  five  periods  per  week. 

CHEMISTRY. 

.Elementary  Agricultural  Chemistry. 

An  introductory  course  covering  the  fundamentals  of  inor- 
ganic and  brief  int;,roduction  to  organic  chemistry.  I'he  gases 
and  metals  of  agricultural  importance  are  studied.  The  follow- 
ing topics  are  treated : Oxygen,  hydrogen,  nitrogen,  and  the 
more  important  soil  forming  elements — silicon,  phosphorus,  sul- 
phur, chlorine,  magnesium,  carbon,  aluminum,  potassium, 
sodium,  calcium,  and  iron.  In  the  latter  part  of  the  course  atten- 
tion is  directed  to  the  presence  of  these  elements  in  organic  com- 
pounds, in  the  soils,  and  in  the  plants  and  animals. 

Lectures,  demonstrations,  quizes,  and  laboratory  practice. 

Four  hours  recitation  and  six  hours  laboratory  work  per 
week. 

BOTANY. 

Agricultural  Botany — This  course  is  adapted  to  students 
who  have  had  no  training  in  this  subject.  The  object  here  sought 
is  to  present  in  a short  course  that  kind  of  botanical  knowledge 
which  will  be  of  most  service  to  those  students  intending  to  fol- 
low scientific  farming  as  a life-work.  The  work  is  designed  to 
give  practical  knowledge  of  the  essential  and  fundamental  prin- 
ciples of  plant  life.  Special  emphasis  is  laid  upon  various 
economic  farm  plants. 

Lectures  and  recitations  two  periods  per  week. 

Laboratory  exercises  and  field  trips  two  periods  per  week. 

ENGLISH. 

A practical  course  in  simple, ..exact,  forceful  English,  calcu- 
lated to  make  the  pupil  read,  write  and  speak  the  language  in- 
telligently. Readings  selected  with  a view  to  develop  an  appre- 
ciation of  country  environment. 

Five  periods  per  week. 

BOOKKEEPING. 

In  this  course  the  theory  of  Bookkeeping  is  thoroughly  im- 
parted and  practical  work  done  in  journalizing,  posting,  the  trial 
balance,  the  balance  sheet,  and  closing  accounts.  Commercial 
paper  is  also  handled. 

In  connection  Avith  the  Bookkeeping  Course,  daily  drills  are 
given  in  the  Palmer  Method  of  Penmanship. 


LECTURES. 


A series  of  lectures  by  agricultural  exp^i 


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farmers  will  supplement  the  work  of  the  class  room. 

TERMS,  PAYABLE  IN  ADVANCE. ' 

Day  Students — Tuition  and  all  ordinary  fees,  $50.00. 


Resident  Students — Board,  lodging,  tuition  and  all  ordinary 
fees,  $150.00. 

All  students  are  accepted  subject  to  the  conditions  stated  in 
the  general  catalogue  of  St.  Viator  College,  a copy  of  which  will 
be  sent  free  upon  application  to 


J.  P.  O’MAHONEY,  C.  S.  V.,  President.  - 


GENERAL  INFORMATION. 

St.  Viator  College  offers  FIVE  college  courses  leading  to  one 
or  other  of  the  following  degrees:  Bachelor  of  Arts,  Bachelor 
of  Science,  Bachelor  of  Philosophy,  and  Bachelor  of  Letters. 

Connected  with  the  College  is  St.  Viator  College  High 
School,  a well  organized  four  year  high  school  in  which  the  stu- 
dent may  elect  from  seven  distinct  groups  of  studies  the  one  best 
suited  to  his  aptitude. 

Resident  students  have  four  hours  of  study  and  four  hours 
of  recitation  a day.  An  average  of  one  teacher  to  every  twenty 
pupils  gives  a splendid  opportunity  for  individual  work.  The 
discipline  of  the  college  aims  at  character  building.  The  college 
invites  the  inspection  of  the  public. 

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